Kehilas Meor Yisroel

Kehilas Meor Yisroel is a Chicago-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal security and hardening grants as a sub-recipient under the Department of Homeland Security's Non-Profit Security Program and related federal grant initiatives. The organization operates exclusively as a grant sub-recipient rather than as a prime contractor or prime grant recipient; all three recent federal awards in the source record are sub-awards flowing through a federal grant prime.

The organization's federal footprint is minimal and recent. Kehilas Meor Yisroel has received three sub-awards since October 2024, totaling $500 thousand in combined federal obligations, all under the Non-Profit Security Program (CFDA 97.017). The three awards fall across a twenty-six-month performance window: an October 2024 Non-Profit Security Program sub-award, an August 2025 award extending performance through February 2026, and a December 2025 Nonprofit Security Grant Program award. The organization has not secured prime contract vehicles, prime grant awards, or seats on government-wide acquisition vehicles. Its sole federal role to date is security and facility-hardening work as a sub-recipient under DHS grants administered at the prime level by a separate nonprofit grantee.

Activity is nascent and growing modestly. The organization received one award in 2024 and two in 2025, reflecting recent entry into the federal security-grant space. Given the sub-recipient posture, narrow grant-program focus, and absence of prime contracting relationships, Kehilas Meor Yisroel is not a competitive prime in the federal marketplace and does not hold vehicles of relevance to federal contractors seeking teaming or partnering at the prime level.